Cameron to take sex out of marriage

SEX is to be taken out of marriage law – so gay couples can tie the knot.

Ministers plan to solve a legal wrangle by ditching the historic requirment for newlyweds to consummate their union.

The rules say a marriage is not complete until a man and wife have “ordinary and complete” intercourse.

But the detailed description of what that means would make it impossible for gay and lesbian couples to fulfil their vows.

I’m not going to go into the precise wording of what consummation means by law for fear of readers crying “Too much information.” But suffice to say the coalition is considering a re-write of a key section of the Matrimonial Causes Act.

It would end the right to annul a marriage on the grounds of non-consummation.

Last night a furious MP claimed it would reduce marriage to the level of a civil partnership – an option already available to gay people.